A string that represents the version of the .NET Framework, in the form [v]major.minor[.build.revision], where "v" can be either uppercase or lowercase, and the brackets denote optional elements of a version number.

profileName

An arbitrary string that represents the profile of the .NET Framework version. Typically, it is used to denote some subset of the .NET Framework, such as the .NET Compact Framework or Silverlight.

If both versionNumber and profileName are present, they can appear in any order after identifier. These strings are defined by the "Version" and "Profile" keywords, which are not case-sensitive.

The values of the identifier, versionNumber, and profileName components define the values of this FrameworkName object's properties as follows:

Any leading or trailing white space in the identifier component is removed and the resulting string is assigned to the Identifier property.

Any leading or trailing white space and the initial "v" or "V", if present, are removed from the versionNumber. The returned string is then passed to the Version.Version(String) constructor, and the resulting System.Version object is assigned to the Version property.

Any leading or trailing white space in the profileName component is removed and the resulting string is assigned to the Profile property.

The following are examples of valid strings that can be passed to the FrameworkName constructor: